Federal Benefit Payments Garnishment Requirements

Terri D. Thomas

Terri D. Thomas, JD is the Director of the Kansas Bankers Association Legal Department, which specializes in providing compliance and legal assistance to Kansas banks.

Terri has worked with financial institutions for over thirty-nine years in various capacities. Most notably, she served for fourteen years as in-house legal counsel and trust officer for Bank of America and its Kansas predecessors. She has also served as a trust department manager and branch manager.

Receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Kansas State University in 1985, Terri continued her education at Washburn University School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctor in 1988. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence, Kansas, and is a frequent seminar presenter for financial associations in the Midwest.

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On May 29, 2013, the U.S. Department of Treasury, along with several federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Railroad Retirement Board, and the Office of Personnel Management, published the Rule on the Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments. The rule supersedes the laws of many states pertaining to how financial institutions process garnishments. It will also apply to the processing of state tax levies and warrants.

Covered Topics

A general review of the requirements for processing garnishments and state tax levies under the rule

The special terminology that applies

The detailed steps financial institutions need to take when processing garnishment and levy requests

Examples of how the rules impact garnishment and levy answers, and hold amounts

Model language and sample forms that can be used when providing notice pursuant to the rules

Who Should Attend?

"Excellent speaker. She was clear and concise and gave a lot of great examples." -- Laurie Elburn Dixon, Chesapeake Bank

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